CVE-2026-81764 - Vulnerability Details - OpenCVE

Unauthenticated Cross Site Scripting (XSS) in Email Essentials <= 6.0.6 versions.

No CVSS v4.0

Attack Vector Network

Attack Complexity Low

Privileges Required None

Scope Changed

Confidentiality Impact Low

Integrity Impact Low

Availability Impact Low

User Interaction Required

No CVSS v3.0

No CVSS v2

This CVE is not in the KEV list.

Exploitation none

Automatable no

Technical Impact partial

Vendors	Products
Acato	Email Essentials
Wordpress	Wordpress

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References

Link	Providers
https://patchstack.com/database/wordpress/plugin/email-essentials/vulnerability/wordpress-email-essentials-plugin-6-0-6-cross-site-scripting-xss-vulnerability?_s_id=cve

History

Tue, 01 Sep 2026 15:30:00 +0000

Type	Values Removed	Values Added
Metrics		ssvc `{'options': {'Automatable': 'no', 'Exploitation': 'none', 'Technical Impact': 'partial'}, 'version': '2.0.3'}`

Tue, 01 Sep 2026 14:45:00 +0000

Type	Values Removed	Values Added
First Time appeared		Acato Acato email Essentials Wordpress Wordpress wordpress
Vendors & Products		Acato Acato email Essentials Wordpress Wordpress wordpress

Mon, 31 Aug 2026 20:45:00 +0000

Type	Values Removed	Values Added
Description		Unauthenticated Cross Site Scripting (XSS) in Email Essentials <= 6.0.6 versions.
Title		WordPress Email Essentials plugin <= 6.0.6 - Cross Site Scripting (XSS) vulnerability
Weaknesses		CWE-79
References		https://patchstack.com/database/wordpress/plugin/email-essentials/vulnerability/wordpress-email-essentials-plugin-6-0-6-cross-site-scripting-xss-vulnerability?_s_id=cve
Metrics		cvssV3_1 `{'score': 7.1, 'vector': 'CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:C/C:L/I:L/A:L'}`

MITRE

Status: PUBLISHED

Assigner: Patchstack

Published: 2026-08-31T20:30:49.689Z

Updated: 2026-09-01T14:41:34.019Z

Reserved: 2026-08-27T12:22:09.413Z

Link: CVE-2026-81764

Vulnrichment

Updated: 2026-09-01T14:41:30.994Z

NVD

Status : Deferred

Published: 2026-08-31T21:17:51.417

Modified: 2026-09-01T20:48:22.513

Link: CVE-2026-81764

Redhat

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